Induction ceremony will be held at a future date in coordination with an in-person commencement.

Spanish and linguistics professor Brandon Baird brought four students to Guatemala last January to contribute to local efforts to promote the Mayan language K’iche’.

Presented by the Institute of International Education, the awards are designed to help students gain international and language education in areas of the world considered critical to U.S. interests.

With tours and campus events cancelled, admissions staff and current students reached out to admitted students in a host of creative virtual ways.